Sight UnSeen Reviews
Examiner- Recommended
"...As to the subject of art, according to the character of Nick, "Art is devised as a celebration of beauty," and yet he finds nothing beautiful in Waxman's work, save perhaps one work done of his wife Patricia. Waxman though stresses that Art is participatory. Perhaps the line that best fits the title of the play, "In art, as in life we tend to affect people in ways we can't always see." Perhaps stealing a quote from the Russian philosopher Leo Tolstoy, "Art is truth." The play shows the conflict in society between the starving artist creating work for a higher cause, versus the artist who is driven to make a living and some of the disillusionment in that hero worship."
ArtsInLA- Not Recommended
"...Then again, Sight Unseen might indeed be a good play; everything else written by Margulies has grabbed a generally appreciative critical response, and this particular effort garnered him an Obie Award and a Pulitzer nomination in 1992. Considering as reference only this incredibly awful revival, however, it would be difficult to tell. From Adam Haas Hunter's clumsy and unwieldy set accentuated by equally clumsy and unwieldy set changes, to the 16-minute-late start time with a restless audience forced to sit through old Elton John and Beatles tunes turned into excruciating elevator music fed through a synthesizer, nearly everything about this production is insufferable."
Total Theater- Recommended
"...Wasatch Theatrical Ventures has done Margulies proud, and the L.A. theater world is the better for it."
The Los Angeles Post- Not Recommended
"...In Sight Unseen, playwright Donald Margulies has interesting and provocative things to say about art and ego and how people use each other. He also has fun things to say about the modern tendency to turn an artist whose talent may be mediocre into a superstar so in demand that collectors with more money than sense will pay to be on a waiting list for his next painting – whatever it may look like. Unfortunately, this listless, disappointing production dulls the sharp edges, and makes it unlikely you'll be awake enough to debate the ideas when you leave the theatre."